Comcast Buying Out GE's NBCUniversal Stake for $16.7B — “The management team at GE has been a wonderful partner during the past two years,” Comcast's Brian Roberts says in a statement announcing it will acquire the remaining 49 percent it doesn't own — Comcast will acquire the 49 percent stake …

Apple Said to Have Team Developing Wristwatch Computer — Apple Inc. has a team of about 100 product designers working on a wristwatch-like device that may perform some of the computing tasks now handled by the iPhone and iPad, two people familiar with the company's plans said.

Vertu makes post-Nokia comeback with $10K Android phone — Once upon a time Nokia had an England-based subsidiary called Vertu, which made absurdly expensive Symbian phones for people with more money than tech savvy. But then Nokia fell on hard times, and last year it offloaded the brand …

Assange to run for Victorian Senate seat — WikiLeaks publisher Julian Assange will run for the Senate in Victoria at the September 14 federal election as the lead candidate of a newly formed WikiLeaks Party. — Mr Assange's application for electoral enrolment in Victoria was handed …

Millions Improperly Claimed U.S. Phone Subsidies — The U.S. government spent about $2.2 billion last year to provide phones to low-income Americans, but a Wall Street Journal review of the program shows that a large number of those who received the phones haven't proved they are eligible to receive them.